Marines assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct military freefall parachute operations from UH-60 Black Hawks, Sept. 5, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the US 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force. US Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone/Released.